Exercise is effective in the treatment of cancer. Edith Cowan University in Perth is leading the world in research demonstrating the effectiveness of exercise as an intervention to enhance patients’ outcomes during cancer treatment.

Among the many physiological and psychological benefits; strength training and aerobic exercise has been shown to reduce cancer related fatigue, reduce the loss of lean muscle and bone density during chemotherapy, increase mood states and enhance the survival rates from many different cancers.​Dr Prue Cormie is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist and a preeminent researcher in the field of Exercise and Cancer. Prue recently appeared in the Ted Talk below outlining how powerful exercise intervention is in the toolkit of doctors and oncologists when treating patients with cancer.